Problems with rapid agglutination methods for identification of Staphylococcus aureus when Staphylococcus saprophyticus is being tested.

abstract：:Seven commercial rotavirus antigen assays were compared with in-house PCR methods for detecting rotavirus in stool specimens. The assay sensitivities were 80% to 100%, while the specificities were 54.3% for one commercial immunochromatographic (ICT) method and 99.4% to 100% for other assays. Thus, except for one comme...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ye S,Lambert SB,Grimwood K,Roczo-Farkas S,Nimmo GR,Sloots TP,Kirkwood CD,Whiley DM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Better detection of minority human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) populations containing gene mutations may improve the usefulness of antiretroviral resistance testing for clinical management. Molecular cloning of HIV-1 PCR products which might improve minority detection can be slow and difficult, and commercia...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martinez-Picado J,Sutton L,De Pasquale MP,Savara AV,D'Aquila RT

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The data available for the diagnosis of chlamydial infections in infants which compare direct fluorescent-monoclonal-antibody stains (DFAs) with culture are limited to one reagent, MicroTrak (Syva Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.). We therefore performed a comparison of Pathfinder (Kallestad Diagnostics, Chaska, Minn.) and Mic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roblin PM,Hammerschlag MR,Cummings C,Williams TH,Worku M

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus that has several similarities to Staphylococcus aureus. S. lugdunensis is increasingly being recognized as a cause of prosthetic joint infection (PJI). The goal of the present retrospective cohort study was to determine the laboratory and clinical chara...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shah NB,Osmon DR,Fadel H,Patel R,Kohner PC,Steckelberg JM,Mabry T,Berbari EF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A PCR test based on insertion sequence IS1081 was developed to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms in the peripheral blood. The method was applied to blood samples from immunocompetent individuals with localized pulmonary tuberculosis. Seven of 16 (43.75%) blood samples were found to be positive for th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ahmed N,Mohanty AK,Mukhopadhyay U,Batish VK,Grover S

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance characteristics of three real-time influenza A/B virus reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) assays and two real-time 2009 H1N1 RT-PCR assays were evaluated using previously characterized clinical specimens. A total of 150 respiratory specimens from children (30 influenza A/H1 virus-, 30 influenza A/H3 vi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Selvaraju SB,Selvarangan R

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the abilities of API 20E and BBL Crystal E/NF identification systems to correctly identify human and animal source gram-negative bacilli of known identifications, as provided by the American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Md., and the Research Diagnostic and Investigative Laboratory, Columbia,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peele D,Bradfield J,Pryor W,Vore S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Mycobacterium avium, and many other nontuberculous mycobacteria are worldwide distributed microorganisms of major medical and veterinary importance. Considering the growing epidemiologic significance of wildlife-livestock-human interrelation, developing rapid detection tools of high...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sevilla IA,Molina E,Elguezabal N,Pérez V,Garrido JM,Juste RA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing number of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains has stimulated the interest of investigators in finding a rapid method for susceptibility testing. We used commercially available rRNA DNA-bioluminescence-labelled probes (Accu-Probe, Gen Probe, Inc. San Diego, Calif.) for this purpose. Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martin-Casabona N,Xairó Mimó D,González T,Rossello J,Arcalis L

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant filamentous forms of Escherichia coli were observed on direct Gram stain of blood cultures from a patient being treated with the beta-lactam antibiotic cephalexin. After the institution of an alternative antibiotic regimen which included a different cell wall-active agent, E. coli of normal morphology was det...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Magnussen CR,Hruska JF

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of wild rats from a known scrub typhus focus in the Philippines with cyclophosphamide did not significantly enhance the isolation rate of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi using mouse inoculation techniques. Similarly, cyclophosphamide treatment of mice inoculated with organs of wild rats did not increase the recover...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Peenen PF,Ho CM,See R

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the serum immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibody response to Norwalk virus infection in human volunteers and compare it with previously described IgM and total antibody responses. Whereas specific IgA and IgM peak within 2 weeks after onset of symptoms, titers of total blocking antibody continue to rise, implying...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Erdman DD,Gary GW,Anderson LJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human astrovirus (HAstV) strain from Kenya was characterized by nucleotide sequence analysis. Sequences from open reading frame 1a (ORF1a) clustered with genotype 6/7, those from ORF1b clustered with genotype 3, and those from ORF2 clustered with genotype 2. A recombination point in the ORF1b-ORF2 junction was ident...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wolfaardt M,Kiulia NM,Mwenda JM,Taylor MB

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood culture bottles containing antibiotic binding resins are routinely used to minimize artificial sterilization in the presence of antibiotics. However, the resin binding kinetics can differ between antibiotics and concentrations. This study assessed the impact of clinically meaningful peak, midpoint, and trough co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chen IH,Nicolau DP,Kuti JL

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended confirming positive screening tests for Chlamydia trachomatis when positive predictive values are <90%. It is accepted that less sensitive tests (i.e., culture and immunoassays) should not be used to confirm the results of more sensitive nucleic acid amplifica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schachter J,Hook EW,Martin DH,Willis D,Fine P,Fuller D,Jordan J,Janda WM,Chernesky M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The currently available diagnostics for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) have major limitations. Despite mounting evidence that toxin detection is paramount for diagnosis, conventional toxin immunoassays are insufficiently sensitive and cytotoxicity assays too complex; assays that detect toxigenic organisms (toxi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Song L,Zhao M,Duffy DC,Hansen J,Shields K,Wungjiranirun M,Chen X,Xu H,Leffler DA,Sambol SP,Gerding DN,Kelly CP,Pollock NR

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three forms of DNA-based typing procedures for Aspergillus fumigatus isolates have been developed over the last five years. The procedures are random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD), restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) detection, and Southern hybridizations with various repetitive sequence-based pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anderson MJ,Gull K,Denning DW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) was the unique viral pathogen detected by a real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) assay in 6 (6.4%) of 94 consecutive French children hospitalized for acute bronchiolitis from September 2001 to June 2002. This virus was identified as the third etiological cause of bronchiolitis, aft...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bouscambert-Duchamp M,Lina B,Trompette A,Moret H,Motte J,Andréoletti L

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported on the efficacy of the enzyme-linked immunoglobulin M capture immune complex (IC) biotinylated antigen assay (EMIBA) for the seroconfirmation of early Lyme disease and active infection with Borrelia burgdorferi. In earlier work we identified non-cross-reacting epitopes of a number of B. burgdorf...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brunner M,Stein S,Mitchell PD,Sigal LH

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate identification of mycobacterial species and subspecies is essential to evaluate their significance and to perform epidemiological studies. The subspecies of Mycobacterium avium have different attributes but coincide in their zoonotic potential. Our knowledge about M. avium subsp. silvaticum is limited, since ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rónai Z,Csivincsik Á,Dán Á

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and conventional standard methods were compared for time to pathogen identification and impact on clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis patients. The MALDI-TOF MS method identified the causative microorga...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lin WH,Hwang JC,Tseng CC,Chang YT,Wu AB,Yan JJ,Wu JJ,Wang MC

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current article summarizes recent changes in nomenclature for fungi of medical importance published in the years 2018 to 2019, including new species and revised names for existing ones. Many of the revised names have been widely adopted without further discussion. However, those that concern common pathogens of hu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Borman AM,Johnson EM

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 27-year-old male who presented with respiratory distress that required mechanical ventilation. Transbronchial biopsy revealed adiaspores of the fungus Emmonsia crescens within granulomata, a condition known as adiaspiromycosis. The patient received amphotericin products and corticosteroids, follo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anstead GM,Sutton DA,Graybill JR

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commercially available diagnostic tests for Chagas' disease employ whole extracts or semipurified fractions of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes. Considerable variation in the reproducibility and reliability of these tests has been reported by different research laboratories, mainly due to cross-reactivity with othe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Umezawa ES,Bastos SF,Camargo ME,Yamauchi LM,Santos MR,Gonzalez A,Zingales B,Levin MJ,Sousa O,Rangel-Aldao R,da Silveira JF

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial vaginosis (BV) remains the most common cause of abnormal vaginal discharge in women of reproductive age and is associated with increased susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted infections and preterm delivery. Present diagnostic methods require access to microscopy and laborat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bradshaw CS,Morton AN,Garland SM,Horvath LB,Kuzevska I,Fairley CK

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 37-kDa protein (P37) of Borrelia burgdorferi is an antigen that elicits an early immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody response in Lyme disease patients. The P37 gene was cloned from a B. burgdorferi genomic library by screening with antibody from a Lyme disease patient who had developed a prominent humoral response to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gilmore RD Jr,Murphree RL,James AM,Sullivan SA,Johnson BJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method has been developed for demonstration of heat-labile (LT) enterotoxin produced by Escherichia coli. This method is based upon the release of LT from bacteria grown directly onto agar plates which have been coated with ganglioside GM1. Toxin bound to the GM1 solid state is subsequently demonstrated by means...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Czerkinsky CC,Svennerholm AM

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analytical performance of the AIX1000 system, a fully automated and recently FDA-cleared rapid plasma reagin (RPR) system, was evaluated by comparison to a manual RPR test in a traditional syphilis testing algorithm. A total of 1,028 consecutive serum samples submitted for syphilis testing to the University of Nor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sanfilippo AM,Freeman K,Schmitz JL

更新日期：2018-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas mendocina has been isolated from soil and water samples. Although it has been recovered from some human clinical samples, its pathogenic role has not yet been documented. We report the first known case of endocarditis in humans due to P. mendocina. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aragone MR,Maurizi DM,Clara LO,Navarro Estrada JL,Ascione A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hexagonal surface structure believed to be characteristic for influenza C virus was not initially observed for a newly isolated virus of this type. After a few additional egg passages of the virus, however, the hexagonal structure could be readily seen on many virions. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martin ML,Palmer EL,Kendal AP

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00